I was at the Fashion Valley Mall in San Diego last night with my girlfriend doing some shopping, and she said, "Oh, why don't we stop by the Apple Store, and I can have them look at my phone." We get there (in the early evening) and after about 10 minutes of waiting she looks around with an annoyed look on her face, and says to me "why are there so many people here!?!" I then told her about the fact Apple had announced new products that morning, but she even commented, "but it's always busy here ... I don't think I've ever seen this place without a ton of people in it."

After we were done she wanted to stop by Nordstrom to look at scarves ... which took us right through where the Microsoft Store is located. I thought she knew about it, but as we were walking past she actually said, "Is that another Apple Store ...?" and I replied, "no ... it's a Microsoft Store." She made this sour looking face and said in a tone of disbelief, "Microsoft has a store!?!" I nodded. She then remarked, "but there aren't any people in it ...!" I looked inside and there were three employees standing around looking like they had absolutely nothing to do, and not a single customer in the store. I responded, "yep ... that's because it's the Microsoft Store."

“Riverside County sheriff’s officials said Howard used his own 2003 BMW X5 to smash through the glass storefront and metal security gate about 5 a.m. Sept. 6. Surveillance footage shows other men with their faces covered jumping out of the SUV and beginning to grab iPhones and iPads off display tables, sheriff’s officials said.”

I know you were joking, but this would actually be a good idea in most of the Apple stores I've ever visited. There are a huge number of people that just want to get in and out and buy a product. Having a drive-through or any kind of "express lane" for purchases might not be a bad idea.

Stupid name (Equonne...??), stupid criminal, another stupid burden on taxpayers.

Yeah, the name (sort of) translates to "horsey" :-)

For the record though, people keep saying he is stupid and he probably is, but thieves are almost always actually just people with poor impulse control and/or people who just have an extremely high opinion of themselves. Smash and grab artists are even more likely to fall into this category. They steal because they see all the products just lying there on the display and they just want to grab them and run. They can't understand why anyone wouldn't. Most of us have a similar urge every now and then but it's stopped by our (normal) impulse control that our parents taught us.

Teaching your kid to have a little humility and to delay gratification is one of the most important and helpful things you can do for them. (I know, I know, it's pretty much the opposite of how most kids are brought up today isn't it?). Being able to delay gratification has a huge effect on the quality of their lives and is often the difference between a lifetime in jail and a happy successful life. You can be rich and have poor impulse control (Paris Hilton), or a genius and have poor impulse control (Phil Spector?). Either way it's the impulse control thing that's usually the defining factor, not IQ.

Originally Posted by Gazoobee
I know you were joking, but this would actually be a good idea in most of the Apple stores I've ever visited. There are a huge number of people that just want to get in and out and buy a product. Having a drive-through or any kind of "express lane" for purchases might not be a bad idea.

That's sort of how the Apple Store application works now; just needs to apply to all products they sell. I'd love for one account under an Apple ID to be able to purchase everything from songs to computers. Then they could cut their gift card confusion in half and just have Apple gift cards. From $15 to $2000.

For the record though, people keep saying he is stupid and he probably is, but thieves are almost always actually just people with poor impulse control and/or people who just have an extremely high opinion of themselves. Smash and grab artists are even more likely to fall into this category. They steal because they see all the products just lying there on the display and they just want to grab them and run. They can't understand why anyone wouldn't. Most of us have a similar urge every now and then but it's stopped by our (normal) impulse control that our parents taught us.

Teaching your kid to have a little humility and to delay gratification is one of the most important and helpful things you can do for them. (I know, I know, it's pretty much the opposite of how most kids are brought up today isn't it?). Being able to delay gratification has a huge effect on the quality of their lives and is often the difference between a lifetime in jail and a happy successful life. You can be rich and have poor impulse control (Paris Hilton), or a genius and have poor impulse control (Phil Spector?). Either way it's the impulse control thing that's usually the defining factor, not IQ.

They steal because they see all the products just lying there on the display and they just want to grab them and run. They can't understand why anyone wouldn't. Most of us have a similar urge every now and then but it's stopped by our (normal) impulse control that our parents taught us.

I believe this is what Edgar Allen Poe referred to as "The Imp of the Perverse."

It's a cost factor. The cost of HD cameras (good ones) is still way higher than SD. It's not just storage, but the whole package. But yes, if you want to actually identify someone you should spend the dollars to get HD.

Is cost really a factor for Apple though?

Maybe they did have HD cameras that were sold and replaced by Browett.

That's what I was thinking. And if it was stolen why bother fixing a flat? LOL

"Police allege that Howard popped two of the tires on the BMW. After the burglary took place, he reportedly changed one tire near the store, while the other flat was allegedly addressed with a stolen can of Fix-A-Flat from a nearby 7-11.

Howard, however, reportedly failed to repair the flat tires on his vehicle, and the BMW was abandoned about a mile from the Temecula Apple Store."

Now the can of fix-a-flat was stolen. LOL

Why bother trying to get it out of the store at all.

Idiots.

Looks like they grabbed six or so iPhones/iPod's and four or so iPads.

Probably wanted them to swap for crack.

Better than my Bose, better than my Skullcandy's, listening to Mozart through my LeBron James limited edition PowerBeats by Dre is almost as good as my Sennheisers.

I don't understand why Apple doesn't have special iDevices at the Apple stores with ROM in instead of flash memory. When the retards who steal them try to sync them with iTunes, they won't be able to, and no amount of Jailbreaking would help either.

Also the crooks wouldn't be able able to turn off find my iDevice either.Edited by Elijahg - 9/14/12 at 9:02am